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type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning provisions governing firearms possession by persons who have been found incompetent to stand trial and who have a history of one or more violent acts."
description: "Concerning provisions governing firearms possession by persons who have been found incompetent to stand trial and who have a history of one or more violent acts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 5205"
citation: "Washington SB 5205 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "CRIMINAL OFFENDERS", "FIREARMS", "MENTAL HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dhingra"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ed95eb5-30ed-43eb-9d89-3f4a63ae0cfd"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5205&year=2019"
source_hash: "2937c029f0ab83b20f7dd8d598e6de8f5505f74dc2631ea60842ff328f61abd6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---
# Washington SB 5205 (2019-2020) — Concerning provisions governing firearms possession by persons who have been found incompetent to stand trial and who have a history of one or more violent acts.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5205.htm)
## Votes
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#21) — **53–39** (pass) · lower
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#6) — **32–17** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#30) — **30–17** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Dhingra — primary (person)
- Das — cosponsor (person)
- Frockt — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Mullet — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Pedersen — cosponsor (person)
- Rolfes — cosponsor (person)
- Saldaña — cosponsor (person)
- Wellman — cosponsor (person)
- Zeiger — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-16** First reading, referred to Law & Justice. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** LAW - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-01-31** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-02-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-02-19** Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-07** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 30; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-09** First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** CRJ - Majority; do pass with amendment(s).
- **2019-03-28** Minority; do not pass.
- **2019-03-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-04-03** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-04-10** Held on second reading.
- **2019-04-10** Committee recommendations adopted and the bill amended.
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-10** Third reading, passed; yeas, 53; nays, 39; absent, 0; excused, 6. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2019-04-18** Passed final passage; yeas, 32; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 0. `passage`
- **2019-04-23** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-07** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Chapter 248, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-07** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-01-29T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-01-31T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Law & Justice at 10:00 AM
- **2019-03-20T12:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 08:00 AM
- **2019-03-28T19:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary at 03:30 PM
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ed95eb5-30ed-43eb-9d89-3f4a63ae0cfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).